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<chapter id="gramps-getting-started">
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User Manual for Gramps - a GTK+/GNOME based genealogy program
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Copyright (C) 2003-2005 Alexander Roitman
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This document is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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(at your option) any later version.
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This document is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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GNU General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
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-->
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<!-- $Id$ -->
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<title>Getting Started</title>
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<para>This chapter provides the most basic information on starting &app;
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and obtaining help. Please procede to the following chapters for more
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information.</para>
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<!-- ================ Getting Started Subsection ====== -->
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<sect1 id="gramps-start">
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<title>To Start GRAMPS</title>
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<para>You can start &app; in the following ways:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guimenu>Applications</guimenu> menu</term>
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<listitem><para>The method of starting &app; from the menus may vary from
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distribution to distribution. On default GNOME desktop,
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choose <menuchoice><guisubmenu>Other</guisubmenu>
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<guimenuitem>Gramps</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Command line</term>
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<listitem><para>To start &app; from a command line, type
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<command>gramps</command>, then press <keycap>Enter</keycap>.</para>
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<para>If you would like &app; to open a specific database or to
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import a specific file on startup, you can supply the filename
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as a command line argument:</para>
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<para>
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<command>gramps</command> <filename>filename.grdb</filename>
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</para>
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<para>where <filename>filename.grdb</filename> is the name
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of the file you want to open. The command line provides many more ways
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to start &app; and perform different tasks. The detailed reference to the
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command line options is found in the <xref linkend="append-cmdline"/>.
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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<!-- ================ Getting Started Subsection ==== -->
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<sect1 id="run-1st-time">
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<title>Running GRAMPS for the first time</title>
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<para>
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The first time you run the program, GRAMPS will display its
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Getting Started dialogs. Follow the directions guiding you through
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<guilabel>Researcher information</guilabel>, <guilabel>Numerical date
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formats</guilabel>, <guilabel>Alternate calendar support</guilabel>,
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and <guilabel>LDS extensions</guilabel> sections. Most of the dialogs
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are self-explanatory and will not be covered here.
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</para>
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<figure id="druid-fig">
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<title>GRAMPS Getting Started Window: Researcher Information</title>
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<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
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fileref="figures/researcher.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>Shows Researcher Information Window. </phrase>
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</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
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<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
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<para>Enter your personal information in the corresponding
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text entry fields. Although &app; requests information about you,
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this information is used only so that &app; can create valid GEDCOM
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output files. A valid GEDCOM file requires information about the file's
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creator. If you choose, you may leave the information empty, however
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all the GEDCOM files you export will not be valid.
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</para>
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<para>This information can be entered at any time in the
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<guilabel>Preferences</guilabel> dialog, under the
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<guilabel>Database/Researcher Information</guilabel> category.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="choose-db-start">
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<title>Choosing a database on startup</title>
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<para>If &app; is started without any
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database to open, the following window will appear prompting you to
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choose what database to open. </para>
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<!-- ==== Figure: Open existing/new database window ==== -->
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<figure id="first-open">
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<title>Open Database Window</title>
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<screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject><imagedata
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fileref="figures/first-open.png" format="PNG"/></imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>Shows Open Database Window. </phrase>
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</textobject></mediaobject></screenshot></figure>
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<!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->
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<para>If you would like to open an existing database, check the top radio
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button and click the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button. You will then be asked to
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specify the name of your existing database. If you would like to start
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creating your brand new database from scratch right away, choose new
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database. </para>
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<note id="file-notdir-note">
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<title>Selecting file</title>
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<para>
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Unlike the version 1.0.X of &app;, this version does not require selecting directory
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for the database. Please select filename, as you would in any other application.
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</para>
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</note>
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</sect1>
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<!-- ================ Getting Started Subsection ==== -->
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<sect1 id="get-help">
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<title>Obtaining Help</title>
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<para> At any time, the following items are available for immediate aid
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from the <menuchoice><guimenu>Help</guimenu></menuchoice> menu: </para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term>User manual</term>
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<listitem><para> Choose this item to read the text of this manual
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in the help browser. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>FAQ</term>
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<listitem><para> Use this item to read Frequently Asked Questions
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about &app; in the browser. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>GRAMPS home page</term>
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<listitem><para> Select this item to open home page of &app; in your
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default web browser. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>GRAMPS mailing lists</term>
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<listitem><para> Choose this item to direct your web browser
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to the &app; mailing list archives. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>Report a bug</term>
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<listitem><para> Use this item to file a bug report against &app;
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with the bug tracking system. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>Show plugin status</term>
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<listitem><para> Use this item to display the status of loaded
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plugins. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>Open example database</term>
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<listitem><para> Select this item to load the example database shipped
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with &app;. This database is composed of fictitious people and serves as
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a useful example for learning how to work with &app;. </para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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